The Development Of Hui-dao Men's Political Role In Minguo Period

As the extension and development of the secret sects in Yuan,Ming and Qing Dynastis,Hui Daomen Organization in the Minguo period(Republic of China,1912-1949) is the folk secret organization which is banded by religious deviationism.Because of its special political,economic,geographical,historical and cultural environments,Hui Daomen Organization in Shandong Province is typically characterized by its large population,extension speed as well as social influence.The sect or cult organizations such as Yiguan Dao,Red卐 Society,etc all originated from Shandong province and have a quick extention to all over the country.Hui Daomen, featured by its obvious political inclination,had great impact on the politics,military affairs and culture during that period.Based on the social background in the periods of Beiyang Warlords, Anti-Japanese War and the end of Minguo(Republic of China),this thesis gives the analysis and decription of the formation,development and the political inclination interacting with the Beiyang Warlord Government,Kuomin Tang(People's Party), Communist Party of China(CPC),and Japanese aggressive invators.The thesis aims to demonstrate comprehensively the evolution progress of Hui Daomen political inclination,which is of great significance in helping people make known the anti-society nature of Hui Daomen and deal properly with such social problems as the cults,ganderdom and multi-level marketing organizations.The thesis can be divided into four chapters except for the introduction and conclusion.Introduction part gives a general introduction of the origin of the name Hui Daomen and its definition and scope,the significance of the research as well as the research method.Chapter One introduces the formation,social background and distribution of Hui Daomen in Minguo period.Chapter Two aims to introduce the typical feudualism and the struggles with the rule of Warlords. Chapter three tries to analyze HuiDaomen's division progress of political inclination under the influence of CPC,Kuomin Tang and Japanese aggressive invadors during the Anti-Japanese War periods.Chapter four gives full display of the anti-liberation performance of Hui Daomen under the control of Kuomin Tang secret agents at the end ot Minguo period.Conclusion part hightlights the evolution nature of political inclination of Hui Daomen and its significance to the modem society.